John McColl (politician)

John McColl (politician)

John Arthur McColl (born: - died: ) was a politician from Alberta, Canada.

McColl was elected to the Alberta legislature for the first time in the 1913 Alberta general election. He would defeat Conservative candidate W.D. Bentley by a comfortable margin to win the new Acadia district.

McColl would stand for re-election in the 1917 Alberta general election, he would retain his seat in a 3 way race that would see voter turn out in Acadia be 4 times higher then the previous election. In that election he defeated future MLA Lorne Proudfoot who ended up finishing a distant 3rd place.

External links

* [http://www.assembly.ab.ca/legislaturecentennial/pdf/membersBooklet.pdf Legislative Assembly of Alberta Members Listing]


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